No. 16 Vol. 8
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August 2018
Second Turf Field At Turkey Brook Park Brightens Upcoming Soccer Season
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By Cheryl Conway urkey Brook Park in Budd Lake may soon be called Turfey Brook Park as work is underway to install its second turf field. If plans go accordingly, the new field will be completed by the time soccer season begins next month. The new turf field is a joint project funded by the Mt. Olive Twp. and the Mt. Olive Soccer Club. Having an additional turf soccer field offers more opportunities for soccer teams to play year round and shines even a brighter light on the already impressive Turkey Brook Park. “We are absolutely over the moon with this new addition to the park,” says Patrick Keegan, president of the MOSC since 2012. “Turkey Brook Park is already a real gem in Morris County and northern N.J. and this just makes that gem shine brighter. We are becoming a real destination spot for youth soccer in New Jersey and the Northeast region. He notes how MOSC just
this month hosted N.J.’s State Olympic Development Team tryouts in the park again, “reinforcing MOSC and Turkey Brook Park’s emergence as a premier club and facility in the eyes of the youth soccer community in N.J.” Talks for installing a second turf field began in Jan. 2017 at MOSC’s annual retreat, explains Keegan. “It had been on our long term plans since the first one was installed in 2012,” says Keegan. “We wanted to see how we handled the first field, before making a commitment to install a second. The first field has been fantastic, so we felt good about moving forward with the second. “The club is growing and we continue to overuse our grass fields,” explains Keegan. “This will give us the ability to play all year round outdoors and reduce the stress on our grass fields. This will also give us the ability to host events to help raise money for continued improvements to the soccer complex at Turkey Brook Park.
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time for opening day, which is Saturday, Sept. 8.” Like its sister field, “It is a FieldTurf field similar to our current field, but using FieldTurf’s new state-of-theart CORE product,” explains Keegan. “It is supposed to be as close to a perfect natural grass playing surface for soccer as there is. This is the same product installed recently at Rutgers University Football Stadium, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. continued on page 4
The first turf field at Turkey Brook is identified as field four, and the new field is known as field two. The MOSC approached the Mt. Olive Twp. Council with its proposal and have gotten full support. “The project began in earnest after the Township Council approved the bond issue in the spring,” notes Keegan. “We broke ground the week after the carnival this summer. The job should be completed by early September, with luck in
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